Tuesday’s high of 96 degrees breaks record for date in Sacramento

A student is framed by a hallway as she walks past Santa Clara Hall where an engineering department mural decorates the wall at Sacramento State on Monday, October 12, 2015, in Sacramento.
Randy Pench
rpench@sacbee.com

A student is framed by a hallway as she walks past Santa Clara Hall where an engineering department mural decorates the wall at Sacramento State on Monday, October 12, 2015, in Sacramento.
Randy Pench
rpench@sacbee.com

As summer-like weather continued Tuesday, Sacramento experienced a record high temperature for the date.

Sacramento Executive Airport reported a high of 96 degrees, topping the previous record of 94 degrees set in 1991, said Nathan Owen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Downtown Sacramento had a high of 95 degrees, also topping the record of 94 degrees in 1991.

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Modesto also recorded a high of 96 degrees, surpassing the previous record of 93 degrees set in 2010, and Stockton topped out at 98 degrees, three degrees above the previous record high of 95 degrees reported in 1978.

The area has been gripped by an early-fall, mini heat wave, thanks to a high-pressure system. The Delta breeze has been nonexistent.

But a cooling trend is forecast for the rest of the week, with a slight chance of showers Saturday in the Sacramento area, Owen said.

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